Insights to Frisco Passengers

[Ozarktraveler]

In researching for details for passenger traffic, I came across this document. Note the Frisco passengers disembarking for Fort Crowder.

I apologize if it's too trivial for posting here, but I thought it might be of interest to modelers of the Ft Smith sub or historians of the same.

Sincerely,

Craig

[Rick Morgan]

What I found interesting is that they got off at Seligman; Camp Crowder is/was just south of Neosho on the KCS. Seligman must be 30 miles from there and I don't imagine the roads were very good back then. (there's no direct route even now). Why not take Frisco to Neosho and bus/truck/cattle car down?

Rick Morgan
(who's not considering conversion to Budhism, BTW)

[Ozarktraveler]

Rick,

I found that an interesting disembarking point too. It may be possible they took the Missouri and Arkansas from there.

The M&A ran a passenger train northward from Seligman MO sharing the Frisco tracks until they reached Wayne MO, (before you get to Exeter MO). The M&A continued on until it reached Neosho MO where it connected to the KCS. Admittedly, this route would also seem somewhat convoluted.

There's a 1945 TT on the inside cover of "The North Arkansas Line".

Craig